I once drove a golf ball 2341 miles. I remember that the whole trip I was like, "What is that noise coming from the trunk?

"I beg to differ. Happy Gilmore achieved that feat no more than an hour ago.

Why it’s almost impossible to score over 300 in bowling

June 2019: Impossible for a consistent 450 yard drive. June 2020: Bryson Dechambeau - hold my bag...

I'll be looking forward to the next video in 20 years titled "Why it is almost impossible to drive a golf ball over 520 yards"

Really great video 👍

Besides the mechanical limits, there is also an exponential increase in drag on a golf ball the faster it travels

Kyle berkshire: "Hold my beer"

“Why’s it almost impossible to hit a golf ball over 450 yds” I’d be happy to reach 250

"why its almost impossible to drive a golf ball 450 yards" Scene1 : host: "The PGA says you're not allowed" End scene roll credits

If you asked Mark Rober if it was possible to drive a golf ball 450 yards, he would say, "Hold my engineering degree."

Golf ball: How far can I go? Dustin Johnson: Yes

Excellent !! well done, informative, comprehensive treatment. Thank you!!

Netflix: are you still watching? 10:28: someone’s daughter

Carry distance is surely a better metric than total distance, but you still have to account for wind speed and height difference between start and land positions. That's why carry can vary quite a lot.

When I used to play golf, bouncing off the cart path was a major part of my game.

Mike Hoke Austin in the 1974 U.S. National Senior Open hit a 515-yard drive. The tee shot is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the longest hit in competition. More amazing, he used a 41" Steel shafted club with a Persimmon Head, and a Titleist Balata Ball. Oh, and one other thing, Mike Austin was 64 when he crushed his record drive.

Do a swimming one next! Sprinting a certain yardage or finishing a race in a certain time!!

This is becoming one of my favourite series

This was an awesome overview! Great video!

You guys should do a video on why it's almost impossible to serve over 160 mph in tennis

80" long club and swing it around like a hammer throw - yeeeet

Nice I love these videos. You should do another one about basketball, like dunking or 3 point shooting

Quality video. Very clear and understandable explanation.

This series is amazing! You should also do one on badminton - "Why It's Almost Impossible to Smash Shuttlecock 400 kmph?"

This is the most I've seen Dustin talk

Great video, very informative. A lot of useful facts.

first class video. Thank you!

"its corn syrup.." i died

13:48 "There's almost no incentive to ever completely sacrifice control entirely in the name of distance." - John Daly

Love this series !

The best way to look at the golfers swing, is to liken it to a watch spring. Drawing to club back is tightening the spring and hitting the ball is the release of the spring or unwinding the spring.

I saw Gonzalez try to throw a baseball. He's no better swinging a club.

Wired: Releases this video. Happy Gilmore: Am I a joke to you?

Thank you for actually using the word "Farther" properly. Sooooo many people would have been saying "further" the whole time.

I’ve been waiting for this episode forever

"Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago."

"Why it's almost impossible to drive a golf ball 450 yards" Bryson DeChambeau - Almost? Hold my protein shake!

Awesome video Dude. Thank you

I hit a golf ball 450 yards once... two lucky bounces off a cart path and a third bounce to kick it back into the fairway. One in a million shot.

Don Johnson in Tin Cup hit it about 700 yards with a 7 iron.

Mike Austin set the record for a tour event of 515 yards at the age of 64--look him up

I needed this

It's all about swing arc,and timing of hands,arms,hips,legs and shoulders at impact to generate club head speed.the longer the arms,the longer the shaft combined with swing timing that produce swing speed.

Swing easy, happy golfing.

Asking dj how to hit a drive is like asking the same question to one of those toy magic 8 balls

Please do a similar video on Cricket ball mechanics!

Tell that to Mike Austin lol. He hit 513 on the senior tour in the 70s with a Persimmon wood and a balata ball. He also drove 450 odd in the 50s in a tournament without the wind he had in the 70s.

"Remember the ultimate goal is to get to the hole"... Don't worry. This objective is in my head every day.

Deja vu. Ive feel like ive been in this place before

I just wanted to give you some advice for future video’s. It’s hard to pay attention to the fantastic writing/dialogue/narration with calves like that in my face. Food for thought.

I hit one 450 yards once... during a drought in southern Cali when they stopped watering the fairways. It was downhill, with none of that silly grass stuff to stop it.

Hole 4 on the US Open is par 4 but only 320 or 330 yards. I'm surprised that not many golfers use a driver to try and reach the green in one

How it is almost impossible to generate 10 000 rotations per minute with a tennis racket

I’d like for you guys to do a segment on disc golf!!!

It would be great, if you added the numbers in metric system

Why it's Almost Impossible to cure a case of the "yips" in golf, featuring Charles Barkley.

“Don’t expect to see that on the PGA tour anytime soon” Bryson Dechambeau - “and I took that personally”

Best wired series!

you will not see the USGA lift restrictions because that would antiquate countless historic golf courses

Players have been finding ways to hit the ball farther? Yeah, by finding Pro V1s in their bags.

Great video! More...please...

What the dimples do is make the ball fly and be able to be controlled by the player. If you hit a ball without dimples you will mostly hit knuckle balls with crazy movement.

Who's here to see Dustin Johnson's amazing swing?

Why is it almost impossible to bowl faster then 161.3 km/h in cricket

@10:52 Anyone remember Superballs? I miss those.

Let's see an episode on the Tennis serve. The evolution of rackets,strings,and balls over the years would be interesting.

8:28 He's nodding his head pretending like he understands

Not gonna lie, the golf ball expert looks exactly like his profession.

The game was better back in the woods and forged iron days. Much harder. Par was a good score on all the holes. A 400 yard hole wasn't a driver wedge; reaching a par 5 in two wasn't automatic. When I got the new equipment I gained 50 yards on my drives. It was fun at first, but then as I started playing all the old courses I'd enjoyed, I was practically driving all the shorter par 4s. It felt cheap. It cheapened the game. But the genie's out of the bottle now....but everyone's who's so wowed by these distances probably never touched those old clubs. They were a real challenge, but learning the nuances was an art. It was a better game. And it was especially better when people walked and carried their bags. Old school guy here.....

what about the happy gilmore swing where you walk up and swing

I would like for golf to play more accurately and not so long

"Why it's almost impossible to drive a golf ball 450 yards" Mark Rober: Am I a joke to you?

Mike Austin a mountain of a man holds the record for the longest drive in professional competition. Mike 's record is 515 yards and was done at the National Seniors Open, what is now the Senior Open and Mike was 64 years old at the time, he struck the shot with a 35 MPH tail wind and was at about 2,000 feet above sea level and he was using a Persimmon Driver with a steel shaft . Mike as I said was a very big man with massive hands and he was naturally strong as an ox, an ex WWII fighter pilot and a bare fisted brawler in his early days Mike was a true student of the game and is most likely the father of what is now the Long Drive Championships which are gaining in popularity on ESPN. Mike taught some of the game longest hitters back when Persimmon drivers were still used and 350 yards back then was a massive hit. Mike's record setting drive in a professional event still stands to this day as the mark the games current biggest hitters all chase, I am sure one will find the conditions right some day as Mike did, but having met this very special man personally I hope the record stands for a long time to come, Mike is no longer with us but his record stands as a testament to his teaching style that used the hips in a bell like motion coupled with the leverage of the ground to just pound the ball.

Nice shot!

You didn’t answer the title question 😂

I feel good when I drive one straight out to 240.

That's strange, over 30 years ago. There was a man in Macomb County, Michigan. That was regularly. Shooting world record drives of almost 500 yards.

do rowing next please

It has been hit over 450 many times by some world long drive champions.

It's also impossible to break a score of 18 on a golf course.

Dang Dustin's eyes scoffed at the host when he said he wanted to try driving around the 3:06 to 3:07 mark

The longest drive was done by Michael Hoke Austin on 25-9-1974 (471 m).

*someone drives a golf ball 450 yards Weird: why it’s almost impossible to drive a golf ball 451 yards

8:02 "inverted cone technology." so a funnel?

I thought it was due mainly with my poor driving, but glad to know there are other reasons.

Great video

They won't allow changes that will make players hit longer. There have been studies showing that pros hitting the ball longer is ruining the game. Because of that they will be looking at ways to make the players hit shorter, or the same length (with longer courses).

Why it’s almost impossible to get a 17 in a round of golf

Wired: It's impossible to drive a golf ball 450 yards Kyle Berkshire: Hold my driver

I have drivin a ball over 450 yards easy. And I did that before I was 20 years old lol My Father was a PGA Pro and I had been playing golf since 5 years old spending 12 hours a day being taught by him and other PGA Professionals.

Long Drive - the only sports where compressed balls is a good thing to have

Wow, I think this is the first one where the answer wasn't something related to human biology/physics. It's the rules!

The longest hitters aren't really any longer other than technological changes. Jack Nicklaus never had clubhead speed measured until he was 58. At 58, he still had 118 miles an hour of clubhead speed. Dustin averages something like 121 or so, and once in a great while gets above 125. I doubt Jack would've had any trouble matching him. the rest of the guys out there generally work with the same basic swing, which is definitely different than Jack's era. Before Jack, I'd bet Sam Snead had the ability (if he'd have had lighter clubs that could tolerate it) to generate similar swing speeds. The balls and the clubs couldn't really take advantage of it.

I bought Jack Nicklaus's "Golf my way" when it first came out in the 70's. He said the average tour player drive was 248 yards. Technology changed that. It's not the golfer.

Can someone upgrade the USA to the metric system please?

10:26 when she says she plays golf too 🤤

I absolutely love this series!

Back in the day people said it was almost impossible to get 300 but look now as the clubs advance we will hit further and people will start to make longer holes

Jamie Sadlowski nearly had the ability given his mechanics.